pouchful

plural pouchfuls · plural pouchesful

1. As much as a pouch can hold.

   A pouchful of fluid will be found inside the scrotum.

   1907, J[oseph] E[dmund] Hodgins, T[homas] H[enry] Haskett, The Veterinary Science. (Revised and Enlarged.) The Anatomy, Diseases and Treatment of Domestic Animals; Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Dogs and Poultry; Also Containing a Full Description of Medicines and Receipts., 92nd edition, London, Ont.; Detroit, Mich.: The Veterinary Science Association, page 210

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   Now, in collecting the samples of Experiments C2, C4, C5, and C8 reported in Table IV, such a preliminary “washing out” of the pouch was not practiced as a routine procedure, although it happened several times as a result of the accidental loss of a pouchful of juice due to the pressure of the secretion being great enough to force the sphincter.

   1931, Franklin Hollander, George R. Cowgill, “Studies in Gastric Secretion”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume XCI, Baltimore, Md., page 174

   Trees as if the virgins of heaven lent them their forms, dressed them in their robes, and draped them in their jewels. Their blossoms exhaled pouchesful of musk, and the birds vied with one another in their strange speech.

   2021, Abū l-Muṭahhar al-Azdī; Emily Selove and Geert Jan van Gelder, editors, translators, and annotators, The Portrait of Abū l-Qāsim al-Baghdādī al-Tamīmī, Gibb Memorial Trust, →ISBN, page 261